A Child Called "It"

A Child Called It A child called it is about one child’s courage to survive and this book is a biography written by the same boy who was beaten in his own house and not even treated like a human being or a member of his own family this book was about 189 pages. The main character of this story is a boy named David Pelzer and he is a sweet, young and caring boy and his mother started to beat him and torture him in many ways for no reason at all. His mother is an alcoholic who fought with his dad on a regular basis especially when she’s drunk. HIs father always tried to help David as much as he could but his wife would always tell him to leave “the boy” alone and she wouldn’t let him help him out and after a while he was the only person that gave David hope. There were his brothers who acknowledged his presence at first when the beatings first started and after a while they started to obey everything their mother said so they ignored him and sometimes even helped their mom in beating him. The plot of this book is about how David would put up with his mother endlessly torturing and beating him and how he was able to get out of it through the school. I think that the themes that the author is trying to portray in this book is Fear and Courage.…

“A Child Called It” Book Review For my review, I am focusing on a book called A Child Called It by David Pelzer. I chose this book because while I was reading it, it spoke to me on many levels and made me feel more content with my childhood growing up. Pelzer is a strong person that writes about his horrific childhood living under his mother's roof and what he had to do to survive. Through this review, we will be looking at where it took place, writing style, characters, and the plot of the…

Dave Pelzer’s book, “A Child Called It” (1995), tells the story of a young boy’s struggle to survive. This paper will focus on the events that took place in the book, along with my personal feelings and the effect that this story had on me. “A Child Called It” is a story that impacted me both emotionally and cognitively. There were many points that caught my attention and had me wondering how nobody intervened. For example, the methods of abuse that Dave’s mother used on him were beyond…

“A child called Noah” written by Josh Greenfeld a writer who records journal entries of his second son’s developmental changes, Noah Hiro. Noah is a child born on July 1, 1966 in Westchester New York to mother Foumi, Father Josh and Brother Karl. Noah seems to be okay until he stops talking at the age of two and withdraws himself from what is going on around him. Noah and his family experience many obstacles in trying to find out what really is going on with him. Noah’s dad lived in Green…

What is more interesting than reading about a person’s true life story with the events that they went through. The book A Child Called “It” is a biography written by Dave Pelzer about his life. It takes place in Daly City, California in 1973 at Pelzer’s home and school mostly. The main characters of the story are Dave, his mother Catherine, his father Stephen, his brothers, Mr. Hansen, Mr. Ziegler, the nurse, Miss Moss, and Officer Smith. Dave is the main character and author of the story. He…

“A Child Called ‘It’”, by Dave Pelzer, is a novel about the author’s fight through a disturbing and abused childhood. The novel starts with Dave telling us about the last day at his Mother’s house before he was rescued by law enforcement. At first, I could not understand why he started the novel with the end of his story, but after finishing the novel, it was clear to me that it was easier to read it knowing there actually was a light at the end of the tunnel. Pelzer’s story tells us what…

An interview was held on June 1995 with the American author “ David James “Dave” Pelzer . The interview showed all the audience the truth behind David’s childhood experience which he shared in his book “ Child Called It “ . Pelzer shares in this interview the reason behind writing this book , and what message Is he delivering to his audience . - Mr. Dave , “ Child Called It “ , the novel that you wrote which had an impact on most of the audience , and is considered your best and most…

A Child Called It is a 184 page book by David Pelzer. A Child Called It told about David's life as an abused and neglected child, and his the pain and suffering he experienced. At the beginning of David's childhood his Family was great. His mother was a very caring mother. She would take David and his brothers to places around San Francisco. On those trips they would get food that other countries would eat, and have a feast from that countries. David loved when she cooked, because when she cook…

Personal Response I thought Child Called It was a hard book to read. The book was not hard with the wording, the hard part of the book was the storyline. I believe no child should have to go through the life David had. The sad thing is things like that still happen. When David was dealing with his mother, and is father could see is pain. He did not do anything to help him. Plot Child Called It starts with David getting away. He is in the office and the nurse and principal talked to him. He…

Back then I was more afraid of being held back and not moving on with the three of my friends to the next grade. I didn’t care about my grades anymore because I thought why bother even trying if I can’t even learn the material being taught to me. A Child Called It Dave Pelzer says, “Childhood should be carefree, playing in the sun; not living a nightmare in the darkness of the soul” (98). What Pelzer is saying is true, I greatly agree with what he just said, because everyone’s childhood should…